"At the end of 2010, the 'open-source' software movement, whose activists tend to be fringe academics and ponytailed computer geeks, found an unusual ally: the Russian government. Vladimir Putin signed a 20-page executive order requiring all public institutions in Russia to replace proprietary software, developed by companies like Microsoft and Adobe, with free open-source alternatives by 2015."

Although I like* WSJ myself, everybody should know that WSJ belongs to the neocon mogul Rupert Murdoch's media empire which also includes FOX News. You know this "fair and balanced" channel with Beck and O'Reilly.